Daily Republican., 1887-04-18
IS THE PRESIDENT AFRAIDg

Watterson's Opinion OF Mr. Cleveland.
Private Entrance to n Private BOX.
Louisville CouIier-Journ,I.
IL Mr.. Cleveland has had q distip
Igaishing virtue, which could be point
10 oy his friends with assurance aud
pr'de, IL has lain In the popular belief
tnat he Is q plain, unaffected, hard.
working man, with no hiehfalutip'
ruilied shirted nonsense about him. But
how is this theory OF character to be re
oonciled with the story tina. be has
caused private entrance to bs cut to
his private bcx in one of the Washing
ton theatres, according to the precan
tioDary aud aiietocratic usage of the
kingly houses Of Europ:? II can only
DO accounted Tor by the surmise tina,
tie President nurses q secrs: dread of
ASSASSINATION ard Is afraid of his life,
/ ye', Oh the other hand, Mr. CLEVELAND
10 known TO be, personally, brave
man, who has faced fire. and stood ur-
moved BY tho approach OF threatened
murder.
This private box Incident Is certainly
. very strange one. Eor Ia 1t as trivial
~ 1t would Peem to be We NAV some.
TIRES tell from q little what great
deal means, and. accepting tho expia.
nation that the President has been an
noyed by.ths gaze and press of the Wi.
gar crowd. tho circumstance means n
great deal. EVIL Communications cor.
rupt good manrers HBs il, indeed,
come To this that the Presidents init.
macy with the lcrdly MUgwump has 80 !
poisoned his blood as to make him for.
gcG that but little while ago he, too,
vas only an atom albeit cor siderable
atom. OF this tsme vulgar crowd? Spirit |
of Jefferson! where is thy simplicity |
nov?
The trouble in all of the departments
at this time Is the loftiness CT the secre
taries; and under them, OF tie asslsta, { |
secretaries; and under them, of the |
com iss!oners; and under them, Of the
chief c!erka; and under them, OF this
clerke; sno under them of the messen.
<eis, dcorkeepers and pages. Never
was the like seen before. The door 10
open nowhere. Every avenue to power
/: guarded by son surly watch dog. 1t
IL possible for plain citizsp, hav
ing business 10 transact with the de.
oartm.nte, 10 obtain access to them If
he 90 not accompanied by some we'll.
6no IN oticsa!. A s.lt respecting man
Soull not think OF entering one IF
these sacred places wittout a permit or
a shot qua. Acd now we have the Boss
aius himself set:iag tie awful
example of oxciusiveneas even In tho
Ugh ,er pleasures Of life, and leading the
van OF an ostentatiCus display of roy
atty, which at.liots tho email fry, that
have nothing but pretension to tiistln
2uish them. 1t is tho bad. But IL will
lie 3till worse when Ii becomes, az it
surely will become, u campaign issue.
AT 4 time when I'LL that is mean aud
'ordid 10 our shoddy society Is turning
teelf inside out to ape the manners OF
me titled and rich aristocrgcies OF
rtstnndom, when ill-got wealth IL
um bling heels over head IN tho scrarn.
Die Tor coarse, coErapting, pre- emf.
fence In parven uism, when the oiS,
tately courtesy of simple manhood ana |
Vomanhood which once were q grace
md charm all their own iu our public
va ks AID ways are being ensu foI in |
no hoa-waliow o. new made greatness,
vita ITS imported trappings, It was
aost htful and Ieedful shat 81 Dano.
fatln President and his Democratic ad
sh ould rise above the mud
I'd tha mlre OF fraud and cant, and
liant themselves upon the high and
Old ground of felf-hoDorin reality,
'4t1 Us homely LESSONS of rnodes.y aud
ruth A private entrance To private !
OK because the crowd .auroys" hi,ui
A.! aud out npon such tom .oolery! On
That oitdlinas doth this our birdie feed
lRt ne hath grown 80 sensitive?